Override default text for derived Windows Form control

Question

When you drag a new Button onto a Windows Form it is automatically assigned the text "button1". If you have a control that inherits button called "CustomButton" then that one is automatically assigned the text "customButton1" when added to a form.

Is it possible to make this text default to something else? For example, can I have the text default to "click me!" when the control is dragged onto a form?

Answer 1

The simplest way to do this would be to not use the standard Text property and make your own instead.

If you do that, you should override the Text property and apply [Browsable(false)].

Answer 2

Have you tried to set the Text property in your derived control's constructor?

public CustomButton() {
    Text = "Click me!";
}

If you also want your text to appear as real default value (i.e. not bold in the property window), you should override the Text property and set a DefaultValue-Attribute:

[DefaultValue("Click me!")]
override string Text {
    get { return base.Text }
    set { base.Text = value; }
}